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Sorry, I don't care what you label yourself as, but if you think it's justifiable to use cruel punishment as long as its "effective", you might be a bit morally
by cooper12 10y ago
Sorry, I don't care what you label yourself as, but if you think it's justifiable to use cruel punishment as long as its "effective", you might be a bit morally defective. Torture is a human rights violation.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoTorture has historically been thought to be the use of pain to coerce. Lets admit it, we use all sorts of pressures to coerce people. We can't label them all as 'torture'. Don't get me wrong, I think solitary is wrong. And if we redefine 'torture' to mean 'permanently disfiguring a person mentally or physically for coercive purposes' then it neatly fits.
- peteretep 10y agoYou think a punishment is bad when it crosses a certain arbitrary severity threshold. I think a punishment is bad when it's ineffective, its application doesn't benefit society as a whole, and when there's no oversight. A morality that's consistent, dependable, and based on greater good to society is rather more useful than one based on arbitrary feels.